I cant stay away from junk food!!

can u buy junk food that the others like but u dont? maybe theres one kind of chips u just hate but others love. maybe theres certain sweets u just dont care for. when i first started this i just couldnt have my favs in the house in the beginning. now its easier. hopefully people in your house will understand.

I know exactly what you mean. I made the mistake of buying a bunch of girl scout cookies before going on my diet - now they're tormenting me every day! Try to fill up on healthy foods and then just allow yourself a very small amount of the junk food. For example eat a whole bunch of carrots before allowing yourself a cookie - much easier to stop at one cookie instead of three or six cookies if you've filled up on carrots first.

frozen veg is cheap. a big bag of carrots is cheap . in season fruit is a good price. yes certain healthy food is expensive. but not all. look for deals buy in bulk. plan your groceries. i know not having much money for food sucks but u dont have to quit. but u will have to plan.

Oh i know me too

Do yourself a favor: go on a higher fat diet. You will spend less money, have less cravings, and still be eating right (with exercise).

This is based on personal experience.

jessical2513 wrote: »

RockstarWilson wrote: »

Do yourself a favor: go on a higher fat diet. You will spend less money, have less cravings, and still be eating right (with exercise).

This is based on personal experience.

A high fat diet? That sounds a little counterproductive.

Counterintuitive, but not counterproductive. Higher fat foods fill you up faster and the fullness lasts longer. Fat is also what makes food taste so good to us, which is why a lot of low-fat foods boost their flavor with sugar (something else that makes food palatable). I'm not saying sugar is a bad thing, unless you need to avoid it for health reasons, but the body processes simple carbs faster than complex carbs or fat, so you tend to feel hungrier sooner after consuming low-fat foods compared to their higher fat cousins.

You can stay away from junk foods. You need to choose to. That means it needs to be more important to you to eat healthy than to eat junk.

For me, it finally clicked at 36 years old.

When i picked up fast food or grabbed a salty/sweet snack at the corner store i thought that the junk made me happy. But as soon as i was done eating, i was dealing with the fact that i had put on a bunch of extra weight, my joints hurt, my cardio was crap... i was unhealthy.

So at 36, it finally clicked that junk food, fast food, and all that crap didn't make me happy. In fact, it made me unhappy.

I resolved to learn about eating healthier, found MFP, and have already made the changes that brought me a good distance down the road to a healthy life.

You can do it. You need to get clear about it in your head. Then it's easy - because you'll be doing what you WANT to be doing, rather than forcing yourself into restrictions that you don't really like.

You could try only keeping one "junk" item in the house at a time and not buy anymore until it's done.